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UPDATE: Nigeria confirms 51 new COVID-19 Cases, Ekiti records 1, Lagos 32 (See Other Affected States)

By Bright Olorungbotemi


Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases with the NCDC announcing 51 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.



VAM reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 51 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Friday evening, April 17.



The NCDC noted that of the fifty-one coronavirus cases recorded on Friday evening, 32 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, 6 in Kano 5 in Kwara 2 in FCT 2 in Oyo 2 in Katsina 1 in Ogun 1 in Ekiti, southwest Nigeria.



The NCDC tweeted: “Fifty-one new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 32 in Lagos 6 in Kano 5 in Kwara 2 in FCT 2 in Oyo 2 in Katsina 1 in Ogun 1 in Ekiti .


As at 10:10 pm 17th April there are 493 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 159 Deaths: 17.



“As at 10:10 pm 17th April, number of states with confirmed cases of #COVID19: 19 + FCT Lagos- 283 FCT- 69 Kano- 27 Osun- 20 Edo- 15 Oyo- 15 Ogun- 10 Kwara- 9 Katsina- 9 Bauchi- 6 Kaduna- 6 Akwa Ibom- 6 Delta- 4 Ondo- 3 Ekiti- 3 Enugu- 2 Rivers-2 Niger- 2 Benue- 1 Anambra- 1,” the tweet added.




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